# Incident 19821114065439I: Blanca 1730, Chester, CT, November 14, 1982

- Type: FAA incident report (Accident/Incident Data System), as reported
- Date: November 14, 1982, 17:00 local time
- Place: Chester, CT
- Airport: Chester
- Damage: Minor damage
- Phase of flight: Roll-Out (Fixed Wing)
- Operating rules: General operating rules (Part 91)
- Location: 41.3837° N, 72.5058° W: Placed by OpenAirDocs at CHESTER (SNC), within about a mile (OpenAirDocs)
- Nearby events: https://openairdocs.org/map.md?lat=41.3837&lon=-72.5058&mi=10
- Aircraft: N6675V, registered now (https://openairdocs.org/aircraft/N6675V) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry model: Bellanca 17-30 (registry code 1220432, https://openairdocs.org/model/bellanca-17-30) (OpenAirDocs)
- Registry engine: Continental IO-520 series (registry code 17032, https://openairdocs.org/engine/continental-io-520-series) (OpenAirDocs)
- Reported make and model: BLANCA 1730
- Reported engine: CONT IO520D
- People aboard: 1
- Fatal injuries: 0
- Pilot flight hours: 10,500 total, 15 in this make and model, 150 in the last 90 days
- FAA source: FAA Aviation Safety Information Portal (https://asip.faa.gov/)
- Page: https://openairdocs.org/incident/19821114065439I

## Narrative

As the FAA filed it, in capitals; the FAA replaces private details with ^PRIVACY DATA OMITTED^.

UNSAFE NOSE GEAR INDICATION. UNABLE TO LOCK DOWN MANUALLY, NOSE GEAR COLLAPSED ON LANDING.

## Other reports on N6675V (1)

Matched to the same aircraft by N-number and date.

- [Incident 19820110005209I](https://openairdocs.org/incident/19820110005209I), Jan 10, 1982: Blanca 1730 (N6675V), Waterford, CT, Minor damage. Pilot practicing touch and go landings forgot to lower landing gear on his seventh landing.

From the FAA Accident/Incident Data System. Reports are matched to registry aircraft by N-number and event date, checked against the reported make and model; the registry's history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model. For accidents, the NTSB's own investigation is the fuller record.

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